Kaukauna Times - November 1931

By Lyle Hansen

November 3, 1931

Have you been listening to the radio on Sunday nights on Mr. Hoover’s relief program? I have and it dawned on me that Mr. Hoover and Mr. Young and Amos ‘n Andy were talking to me personally. I still have a job. I don’t make as much as I used to, but I have a job, so it is my responsibility to try to help the fellow who hasn’t one.

Coach Paul E. Little started several second-string men against Two Rivers Saturday, he was forced to bolster up his team at several stages of the game to win by a score of 13 to 7. Ludtke starred at offense and Kuchelmeister was the leading factor on defense. At 7-7 late in the game Noie intercepted for Kaukauna running for a touchdown. McCormick kicked for the extra point and the win.

November 6, 1931

Rev. Francis X. Van Nistelroy, pastor of St. Francis Church Hollandtown, passed away Thursday morning, because of injuries he received in an automobile accident near Hollandtown last week. An escort of several hundred parishioners accompanied the body from Greenwood Funeral Parlors in this city to St. Francis church in Hollandtown where it will lie in state.

Two-year-old George Lamers of Little Chute died at St. Elizabeth’s hospital of burns. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Lamers. He was playing with the oil at the time his parents were out of the house when his clothing became ignited.

 

November 10, 1931

Kaukauna Police officer died as result of gunshot wound. Officer Harold Alger, 27, was at the police station when he apparently dropped his pistol and it discharged. The bullet entered his chest and passed through his back just below the neck. He was engaged as a motorcycle officer last summer and is survived by three brothers.

November 13, 1931

At noon this past Wednesday the officers and directors of the First National Bank and Farmers and Merchants Banks met and consolidated. The new bank will be known as the First Farmers and Manufacturers bank when the arrangements are ratified.

No larger than the megaphone she uses, little Nedra Gordinier will sing right into your heart at the Nightingale Ballroom.

November 17, 1931

The Woelz Bakery on Wisconsin Avenue suffered two losses through thievery last week. Saturday morning a man walked into the store and left with four pies while they were working in back and Thursday evening someone entered the back door and took five pounds of yeast.

 

Kaukauna Farmers’ Livestock Shipping Association presented a resolution to Governor La Follette and the legislature to place a moratorium of one year on farm mortgages. The governor has called for a special session at Madison in December on the issue.

 

Word received from Appleton states that the Appleton and Kaukauna charity game realized $493.97 for each of the schools for their city charities.

 

November 24, 1931

Fire caused serious damage to the Mill block on the NE corner of Main Avenue and Third Street early Saturday morning. The loss is estimated at nearly $25,000 on which $16,000 insurance was carried. All the families living on the second floor escaped uninjured.

Raymond Vils, 22, was instantly killed when a roll of paper fell on his head when a cable broke. The accident occurred at the Thilmany Mill at 8 o’clock Monday morning.

November 27, 1931

George Gustman had a narrow escape from death on Monday when attacked by a bull. The encounter tool place on the Gustman farm. Just as the bull started to trample him, an old and crippled dog came to his rescue and forced the bull back. Gustman suffered several fractured ribs along with cuts and bruises.